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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4665,Lat: 28.0518
Elevation	303 meter above sea level
Local time	9:44:27am
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Canarias
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monte Lentiscal	0.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 La Calzada	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Los Lentiscos	1 km	West
4 Los Alvarados	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 La Palma	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1283 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1292 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1712 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km² at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 15 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.4 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1726 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 19%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 16 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 102 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

35 km2

44.8%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

39.2%

Viticulture

2 km2

2.6%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.9%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tafira Alta in country Spain

Tafira Alta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	99 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	121 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pino Santo	ES	0.6 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Santa Brígida

Type of weather in Santa Brígida	clear sky
Current temperature:	26 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	32 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam